I think I'm addicted to vibe coding.

· Bits and Bobs 1/26/26
  • I think I'm addicted to vibe coding.[co]
    • I do it literally every waking minute, to some degree.
    • It's so productive that when I'm not doing it, I feel like I'm missing out.
    • Also, it has the "just five more minutes, I'll give the perfect prompt that gets the result I want, then I'll stop," that never ends.
    • I keep on producing things I'm proud to show off to others.
    • The most addictive things are really good at making you retcon, "actually, this is good for me!"
    • But being addicted to vibe coding feels unlike other addictions.
      • For example, I never got addicted to social media.
      • I'd also never proudly recommend my friends play Candy Crush, but I would proudly recommend my friends vibecode.
    • It seems like the kinds of people who might get addicted to vibecoding are very different from the people who might get addicted to social media.[cp]
      • Social media was addictive to people who default to consuming, whereas vibecoding is addictive to a certain subset of people who like creating.

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